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Waiau Toa/Clarence River at Clarence Valley Road

119m³/s

Sat, 17 Oct, 11:00 pm · 32 min ago

Steady

High ClearingClearing: 46 h since the last peak

Base flow (91.9) sits above the good band, so it will not get there on this recession.

3 h change: +0.29 m³/s
Steady for: 18 h
7-day peak: 160
Fri, 16 Oct, 3:20 am
30-day median: 112
30-day range: 82.8 – 160
Highest gauged: 156 m³/s
Water temperature: 7.9 °C
Stage: 1.88 m
Recession: halves in 31 h
fitted to this recession, toward 91.9

Flow

m³/s · New Zealand time

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Water temperature

°C, last week

Recent rises

detected from hourly means

Peak	From	To	Rise	Settled
Fri, 16 Oct, 2:00 am	91.9	158	1.7×	receding
Mon, 28 Sept, 1:00 pm	88.4	154	1.7×	7 d
Fri, 18 Sept, 4:00 pm	99.5	149	1.5×	3 d

Along the Waiau Toa / Clarence

Upstream

Waiau Toa Jollies

24.3 m³/s

JBNZ river guide

Waiau Toa / Clarence River, sections that cite this gauge are marked

Sections

Waiau Toa / Clarence River

Sea to Jollies Pass Class 3 Note: for the part in the Kaikōura District a restricted discretionary resource consent is required

Boulders, gorgy, rapids, isolated · 185 km · 5.25 m/km

Minimum 10 cumecs at the Jollies Pass recorder, ideal about 15. Waiau Toa Jollies now 24.3 m³/s, above the minimum.

Launch Near the Acheron accommodation house, or from farmland near Glen Alton; Quail Flat with permission from Muzzle Station

Jollies Pass to Leader Stream Class 3

Rocks, boulders · 12 km · 6.7 m/km

Launch Off the riverbed where possible

Leader Stream to Lake Tennyson Class 4

Rocks, boulders · 24 km · 10.4 m/km

Launch Off the riverbed where possible

Requires above-average flows

From the Jet Boating New Zealand Canterbury river information sheet of July 2024, transcribed by hand on 17 October 2026. Uplifting is whether the 5-knot limit is lifted for the section. JBNZ can update the sheet at any time; flo checked it 4.9 h ago. Open the PDF.

Weather

at Waiau Toa/Clarence · Open-Meteo

10pm

Clear

8.0°

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0 W

1am

Fog

7.1°

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1 NW

4am

Fog

5.3°

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1 NW

7am

Partly cloudy

5.3°

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1 NW

10am

Partly cloudy

12.2°

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6 E

1pm

Overcast

14.8°

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9 E

4pm

Overcast

14.5°

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8 E

7pm

Overcast

14.2°

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4 E

10pm

Clear

11.8°

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3 W

1am

Clear

11.1°

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3 W

4am

Clear

11.1°

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5 W

7am

Clear

11.8°

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6 W

Sat Fog 8.0°/ 7.7° dry

Sun Fog 14.8°/ 4.5° dry

Mon Fog 19.2°/ 11.0° dry

Tue Overcast 18.2°/ 10.6° dry